RockOnTheNet.com
presents The Top Pop Songs
Of All Time !
We have ranked the top pop songs that have charted over the past
50+ years on The ARC Weekly Top 40 and Billboard Hot 100, and
come up with
a definitive list that will continue to expand as we add to it,
and continue to modify as new songs chart on The ARC Weekly Top
40.

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born
September 4, 1981 in Texas. As a child, Beyoncé
began singing and dancing early and was
encouraged to enter singing and dancing
competitions by her dance instructor. Prior to
naming themselves Destiny's Child, the 4some "Girl's
Tyme' sang at local events and eventually
performing at, but losing, Star Search.
Beyoncé began her solo success before Destiny's Child had split up in 2005. By
the time Beyoncé had reached her mid-20's, she
had already sold millions of LPs worldwide, won
10 Grammy Awards, and topped countless music
charts as a member of Destiny's Child and as a solo artist.

June 29: Beyoncé topped the UK LP
chart for 5 weeks with Dangerously
In Love. The LP also topped the
charts in Canada, Germany, Greece, Ireland, and
Norway, and hit the Top 10 in Australia, Holland,
Finland, New Zealand, and Switzerland.

July 6: Beyoncé topped the UK
singles chart for 3 weeks with "Crazy In Love." The single also
topped the charts in Ireland.

July 12: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week with Dangerously
In Loveselling over 317,000
copies its first week of release in the US

July 12: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for 8, the Hot
100 Airplay chart for 8 weeks, and the Hot
Digital Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Crazy In Love."

July 18:Beyoncé
could be heard on the Bad
Boys 2soundtrack with the track "Keep Giving
Your Love To Me."

June 11: Destiny's Child announced they would be
splitting up after their 'Destiny Fulfilled...
And Lovin' It' tour stating: "After a lot of
discussion and some deep soul searching, we
realized that our current tour has given us the
opportunity to leave Destiny's Child on a high note, united in
our friendship and filled with an overwhelming
gratitude for our music, our fans, and each
other."

September 23: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Top Digital
Albums chart for 1 week, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums chart for 2 weeks with B'Day. The LP sold over 541,000
copies its first week of release in the US. The
LP also hit the Top 10 in Canada, Holland,
Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico,
New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Switzerland, and the UK.

December 16: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart for 10 weeks, Hot 100
Airplay chart for 11 weeks, Pop 100 chart for 6
weeks, and Digital Songs chart for 4 weeks with
"Irreplaceable." The single also
topped the charts in New Zealand, Ireland, and
Australia.

January 15: Beyoncé was nominated
for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by
an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or
Musical for Dreamgirls. She was also nominated in
the Best Original Song category for
"Listen" from Dreamgirls.

April 7: Beyoncé released B'Day
(Deluxe Edition). The set featured the duet "Beautiful Liar" with Shakira, remixes, and some Spanish
versions of her songs. B'Day
(Deluxe Edition) was pulled from distribution due to
a lawsuit filed over the use of the song
"Still In Love (Kissing You)" which is
a cover of Des'ree's
"Kissing You" that was used without
permission.

December 6: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week and Top
R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 2 weeks with I
Am... Sasha Fierce. The LP sold over 482,000 copies
its first week of release in the US. The LP also
topped the charts in Ireland and Poland, and the
Top 10 in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil,
Canada, Holland, Greece, Japan, New Zealand,
Norway, Portugal, Russian, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, and the UK.

July 16: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks , Digital
Albums chart for 1 week, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart for 5 weeks with 4. The LP sold over 310,000
copies its first week of release in the US.

December 13: Beyoncé surprised
everyone when she released a new LP - Beyoncé - on iTunes with no
pre-publicity. The in-store CD version will be
released by the end of the month. The set,
considered a 'visual album' is a combination of
new audio and video tracks.

December 28: Beyoncé topped the
Billboard 200 LP chart for 3 weeks, Digital
Albums chart for 3 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart, and R&B Albums chart with Beyoncé. The LP sold over 617,000
copies its first week of release in the US (and
all on iTunes). Beyoncé became the first female
artist to top the LP charts with her first 5 LPs.

December 31: Beyoncé had the #8
best-selling LP of 2013 withBeyoncéselling over 1.3
million copies during the year.

April 23: Beyoncé released her
next LP Lemonade. The LP was released for
streaming only on the Tidal subscription service
for a few days before on-line downloading was
available on iTunes. The cd version was released
on May 6th.

Note: Song title and position
links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run, LP links take
you to Amazon.com for that LP's info (often
including track listings and track samples), and
single cover art takes you to Amazon.com for that CD single (if
available). Songs charting prior to 1980 have
information from Billboard magazine.